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Концепцията на Г. Фехнер за трите мотива на вярването
G. Fechner’s Conception of the Three Motives of Faith

Author(s): Nikolay Ivanov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: belief; motive; psychophysics; experience; analogy; pragmatism;

Summary/Abstract: Gustav Fechner’s philosophy dealt with nature of God, immortality, and the mind-body problem. He elaborated a religious panpsychist worldview called the “Daylight view“. Fechner attempted to draw a line of demarcation between knowledge and faith, indicating that any belief needs arguments. He offers three different motives and grounds for belief: traditional, theoretical, and practical. The third one is the most justified. It reminds us William James’ Pragmatism. Fechner’s system comprises a variety of facts of science and principles of religion. Despite that he felt confidence that there is belief that cannot be completely proved and converted into knowledge – the belief in the most supreme and ultimate things.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2012
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 67-76
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian
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